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For Us, By Us: Diversity Richmond Honors Black Pride

Friday night, the fourth annual Black and Bold RVA awards will credited those who recognize the inclusion of blackness and queerness into everyday space. As Black History Month comes to a close, Diversity Richmond is finishing up the month with their annual Black and...

Fighting For The Environment With Music and Kinship

Viola da gamba player Niccolo Seligmann is using music that mixes classical styles and harsh noise to express "multi-species kinship" and opposition to climate change. He's bringing his unique sound to Blue Bee Cider Friday. Classical musician Niccolo Seligmann is...

Rejoice, Doctor Who Fans: Captain Jack Is Finally Back

Captain Jack Harkness was the first LGBTQ character to appear on long-running British sci-fi series Doctor Who, and later starred in spinoff series Torchwood. Earlier this year, he made a surprise return. Hold on to your telecommunicators, Whovians, because the good...

Lectures And Lashes: The Life Of A Collegiate Drag Queen

For VCU student Francisco Ramirez, aka Ivanna Vakavich, performing in drag helps him stay confident and express Pride in bold, fearless fashion. “Drag makes me feel like a superhero.” In front of piles of makeup laid across a bathroom counter, Francisco Ramirez begins...

Lily Tomlin Receives Handprint on Hollywood Boulevard (Finally)

The legendary actress, comedian, and activist for LGBTQ and other causes will be immortalized in the concrete forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre during the TCM Classic Film Festival later this year. Lily Tomlin is not only a long-respected comedian, actress, and...

JK Rowling Is On Board The TERF Train

After months of hints on social media, the Harry Potter author has overtly expressed support for one of the UK's many transgender-exclusionary radical feminists. Our childhood is officially ruined. Thousands of LGBTQ teens and young adults are bummed at the news that broke last week about JK Rowling. Through things like social media likes, the...

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Hallmark Channel Loves the Gays, As Long As You Don’t Tell Anyone

Due to backlash, the Hallmark Channel pulled a commercial featuring a lesbian wedding kiss... but doing so caused an even bigger backlash. Last week yet another corporation decided to hop in line to audition for the role of this year’s Grinch. Hallmark Channel, best known for horrible but fun Christmas film marathons and reruns of The Golden...

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Defends His ‘Right’ to ‘Speak Up More Strongly Against Gays in the Military’

His Conservative party just won a landslide majority in elections last week, which means that we'll be stuck with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his history of homophobia for the foreseeable future. The UK’s Conservative Party Prime Minister Boris Johnson once attacked gay people for serving in their country’s armed forces, called LGBTQ...

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Merriam-Webster Has Named “They” Its Word Of The Year

Well-known dictionary Merriam-Webster has seen a surge in searches for the non-binary pronoun of choice over the course of the past year. Every year, Merriam-Webster names a Word Of The Year based on an increased frequency in searches for terms over the course of a single year. And this year, the venerable dictionary has chosen "they" as their...

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Richmond’s Queer Artistic Radiance

Iridian Gallery's last show of 2019 presents a variety of local LGBTQ artists and allies in a community-focused juried exhibition entitled Radiance. Iridian Gallery at Diversity Richmond will cap off their 2019 with a group art show you do not want to miss. Radiance, a group show featuring dozens of local artists, opens tomorrow night, December...

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